GULFPORT, Miss. – Authorities say a Mississippi official who was facing federal corruption charges fatally shot himself the day he was to appear in court. Coroner Gary Hargrove says Supervisor William Martin died early Thursday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with a note found nearby. Martin had been set to …
Read More »Canadians make 2,000-mile father-son road trip for some original Kentucky Fried Chicken
CORBIN, Ky. – Two thousand miles might seem like a long way to go for fried chicken. Two men from Canada who took their sons on a journey to the original home of Kentucky Fried Chicken say it’s a trip they’ll never forget. The Times-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1CKSADI ) this was …
Read More »Girl Scout troop at Utah gay pride center invites transgender kids, girls from LGBT families
SALT LAKE CITY – The Girl Scouts are opening a troop at a gay pride center in Salt Lake City that officials say will welcome transgender youth and children from LGBT families. At the troop’s first meeting Monday, five girls made friendship bracelets and learned the Girl Scouts handshake. In …
Read More »Lawyer: John Hinckley, Reagan's would-be assassin, should live outside mental hospital
WASHINGTON – Prosecutors and lawyers for the would-be assassin of President Ronald Reagan are disagreeing over what conditions should be imposed if he’s allowed to leave a mental hospital for good and live full-time with his mother in Virginia. John Hinckley Jr.’s attorney, Barry Levine, said Wednesday during the opening …
Read More »DOE to fund $73M in infrastructure projects to settle nuke dispute in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More than $73 million will be funneled toward road and water infrastructure projects as part of a settlement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the state over a radiation leak that forced the indefinite closure of the federal government’s troubled nuclear waste dump in southern New …
Read More »Pop Musicians Sing Out About War
NEW YORK – Like their 1960s-era predecessors, a host of high-poweredAmerican musicians have recently begun singingtheir sentimentsover a possible war with Iraq. The Beastie Boys this week became the latest big-name act to release asongor video to protest war, with their single “In a World Gone Mad.” And coming up …
Read More »Missing 86-year-old woman with dementia found dead in passenger seat of neighbor's truck
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. – An 86-year-old Pennsylvania woman with dementia who disappeared over the weekend has been found dead in the passenger seat of her next-door neighbor’s pickup truck. The Westmoreland County coroner’s office tells the (Tarentum) Valley News Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1K4fMCo ) that it appears Sheila Creevey died of natural …
Read More »Congress and Weapons of Mass Destruction
To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi. I’m Bill O’Reilly reporting tonight from Washington. Thanks for watching us. Congress facing a serious problem with this weapons of massive destruction business. That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Unfortunately, the WMD situation …
Read More »Will the Real Howard Dean Please Stand Up?
Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly, reporting this evening from Boston, Massachusetts. Thank you for watching us. Will the realHoward Dean (search)please stand up? That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Former governor of Vermont got a couple of big Labor [union]endorsements this week. And many in the press have …
Read More »Day Eight in Modesto
Dear Viewers, The preliminary hearing is in Day Eight. I am surprised that there are actually empty seats in the courtroom. I suppose this is because the first witness is a DNA expert–not seemingly exciting but extraordinarily important. The D.A. [District Attorney]wants to connect a hair in a pair of …
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